violentwavesofemotion: Chelsea Hodson, from Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays; “The End Of Longing,” Source: violentwavesofemotion
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orriculum: man i just can’t explain how much i love the line “chivalry fell on its sword” in “from eden”. like, obviously just the imagery of chivalry being personified as a knight with a sword. but also if you take it somewhat literally, is it just a fancy way of saying chivalry is dead? or if you …
copperbadge: myjennieblr: A little pig latin for @copperbadge… As epic as any history of the Caesars! Source: myjennieblr
His is not a blessed name. There is blood in his footsteps; There are ghosts in his breath. His scars chart no constellations; His voice speaks no prayers. His fingers hold guns, not caresses; His lips form screams, not kisses. But I feel sunlight in the warmth of his skin and trace mountains in the …
thegoatsongs: The line “There are no covenants between lions and men, wolves and lambs have no accord” from the Iliad is so raw that every adptation tries to replicate it Lyrics from Blind Guardian’s Iliad song “And Then There Was Silence”: And as the lion slaughters man I am the wolf and you’re the lamb Troy: The …
kafk-a: Mary Oliver Source: kafk-a
violentwavesofemotion: Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky, from Poems from God; “Troubled,” Source: violentwavesofemotion
She digested the death in her heart and turned into a star, distant and dazzling in the darkness. There was no life in her but there was light. VàZaki Nada (via vazakinada) Source: vazakinada.com
st-just: “Do not mistake this for regret. For there was never yet a war fought in which no men lost their lives—and have I not said many times that the war against these foul kings was a war worthy to be fought? Whatever else may come of this, now all shall know that I am …
prokopetz: Though the etymology of the word “eldritch” is uncertain, one theory holds that it derives from an Old English root meaning “of or pertaining to elves”. So whenever you describe something as “eldritch”, you’re really just saying that it’s very elfy.
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